From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2006-06-15T19:55:14+09:00
Subject: Re: convert

Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
> Joakim Oman wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I wonder if there is a simple way to convert all keys in a Hash to
>> member variables in a Class without knowing the key names in the Hash
>> beforehand.
> 
>   vars = {:foo => 101, :bar => 42, :baz => 1337}
>   vars.each do |name, value|
>     SomeClass.instance_variable_set("@#{name}", value)
>   end
> 
> You could also use an OpenStruct.

That won't work, because it doesn't create accessors.

This has been discussed recently a couple of times.

  http://rubyquiz.com/quiz81.html

Also, the simple answer is this:

  require 'ostruct'
  obj = OpenStruct.new(hash)

Cheers,
Dave